C.J. Fair rebounded from his worst game of the season with 19 points, Jerami Grant added 12 in an expanded role down low, and No. 1 Syracuse beat Clemson 57-44 on Sunday night to remain unbeaten.

No matter what or whom they've faced this season, the Orange (23-0, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) have found a way to win.

Fair, who was 2-for-13 for a season-low six points against Notre Dame on Monday, responded with an 8-for-13 shooting night in playing K.J. McDaniels of Clemson (15-7, 6-4) to a virtual standoff. McDaniels also scored 19 and had a game-high 10 rebounds, three more than Fair, and both played 39 minutes.

"It's all about going to the next game. You don't want to dwell on a good or bad game. We had good rhythm coming into this game," Fair said. "I just needed to be aggressive and not really force things. Coach is always stressing that. That's what I was trying to do, play off my teammates.

"Without wearing myself out, I wanted to wear him (McDaniels) out," Fair said. "When the best player on the opposite team is guarding you, you want to make their job hard. I just wanted to keep him busy."

Syracuse extended its school record for wins to start a season and tied the program mark for consecutive wins, established in the 1916-17 and 1917-18 seasons.

Syracuse has faced a slow pace for most of the season and when the Orange went ahead 48-37 on Tyler Ennis' lefty layup with 6:56 to play, coach Jim Boeheim could breathe a sigh of relief.

"You really don't want to be behind in a slow game," Boeheim said. "There aren't going to be a lot of points scored."

St. John's 70, Creighton 65: D'Angelo Harrison scored 19 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:08 to play, and St. John's beat No. 12 Creighton for its sixth win in seven games. The Red Storm (15-9, 5-6 Big East) avenged the only loss during that seven-game stretch. Doug McDermott matched his nation-leading average with 25 points for the Bluejays (19-4, 9-2), but didn't score over the final 8:40.